Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Swallow-tailed Kite
Seen occasionally at Dauphin Island, Alabama; Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge,
Alabama; Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama; Historic Blakeley State Park,
Alabama; and along the Mississippi coast at Gulf Islands National Seashore.
White-tailed Tropicbird
Dauphin Island, Alabama; Gulf Islands National Seashore; offshore from either coast.
Masked Booby
Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama; Fort Morgan, Alabama; Dauphin Island,
Alabama.
Brown Booby
Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama; Fort Morgan, Alabama; Dauphin Island,
Alabama.
Northern Gannet
Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama; Fort Morgan, Alabama; Dauphin Island,
Alabama; Perdido Pass, Alabama; Gulf State Park, Alabama.
Peregrine Falcon
Dauphin Island, Alabama; Meaher State Park, Alabama; Bon Secour National Wildlife
Refuge, Alabama.
Bald Eagle
Lake Guntersville State Park, Alabama, in January. Less likely to be seen at Noxubee Na-
tional Wildlife Refuge, Mississippi, and Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama.
Piping Plover
Beach area of Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama, in winter.
Roseate Tern
During spring and fall migration, Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama; sight-
ings are rare, usually only after storms have swept up the Atlantic coast.
Least Tern
Nesting beach in Biloxi, Mississippi; beach area of Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge,
Alabama; Dauphin Island, Alabama. Fairly easily seen at any shoreline area in these two
states.
